He might have ruled the Communist world, but Joseph Stalin shouldered
him aside. Ever since, Leon Trotsky has been the favorite martyr of
those Marxists who feel that Communism was never given a fair trial
because Stalin corrupted it.

Would Communism under Trotsky have been different? As a personality,
Trotsky was far more appealing than Stalin. In some ways, this
anti-individualist was a true Renaissance man: brilliant orator, tough
administrator,...